Hi, I’m having trouble animating my characters with a different setup where the original model is parented to the empty object and the original model’s animator is moved to the empty object that is now the parent.
something like this:
I think it’s a problem with my avatar, but if that’s the case, how can i edit my avatar asset to make it animate the components?
weird, but i think i got it.
when we animate our component like this, the animation doesn’t use the avatar definition but instead using the directory directly from the hierarchy, hence the blendshape or any other component animation are broke/went missing.
like for example:
when we animate New Parent / Original Parent / Blendshape
the animator avatar only looks at the level from the New Parent:
Original Parent / Blendshape
Then it triggers the yellow missing object/component.
The solution is to rename the animation property made from the animation window (press F2 key on the yellow property), and follow the avatar definition instead, by not following the one from the hierarchy window and following the original directory from the avatar definition.
like for example:
if the hierarchy from the model/avatar is like
Original/Parent/Component
and your new unity rig setup is like
New Parent/Original Parent/Component
the animation made from the animation window will follow the new unity rig set up and you will need to rename the animation property very often to match the hierarchy from the avatar asset and to make the animation work. You don’t need to deal with this though if your animator doesn’t use an avatar definition.
It’s a very cumbersome solution, but it works and worth mentioning because it’s been like this since the beginning, where this component animation works as expected on almost everything except when dealing with animator with avatar.
